Irvine dedicates, showcases site for Orange County’s first veterans cemetery

IRVINE — Military veterans finally will have a resting place right here in Orange County, at the former El Toro Marine base.
That’s the message nearly 300 people, many of whom were veterans, received at the dedication ceremony on Friday, Oct. 27 of a 125-acre parcel near the I-5 and I-405 interchange that Irvine plans to donate to the state for a veterans cemetery.
“This is an acknowledgment of our service,” said Bill Cook, a Vietnam War veteran who heads the Orange Count